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May 2027

20 Thursday
  whiteOur Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High PriestFeast
Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church
Yr B Jer 31:31-34 or Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110 (109):1b-e, 2, 3 (â„Ÿ. 4b);  Mark 14:22-25.
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Hours of the feast. Te Deum.
Anniversary:74th anniversary of the death of P. Emil Schmitz (82) d. 1953 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:59th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Tasman (78) d. 1968 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Ruby Jubilee of P. Lawrence DAKA who celebrates 40 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1521Ignatius was seriously wounded at Pamplona, Spain, while defending its fortress against the French.
1521St. Ignatius was seriously wounded while defending the Castle of Pamplona against the French.
1622The death of Pedro Paez, S.J., a Spanish missionary to Ethiopia, the second apostle of Ethiopia. He reached Ethiopia in 1603 after 15 years of journey because en route he was enslaved by Turkish pirates for 7 years. He was the first European to see the source of the blue Nile, he wrote a history of Ethiopia and learned several languages.
1823Saint Louis University (St. Louis College) is founded.
1961In a letter dated 20 May, Fr. Swain, Vicar-General formally approved the Institute of Jesuit Sources. The plan was launched unofficially the previous year when Fr. Janssens gave Fr. Ganss permission to start work on an English version of the Constitutions.
1968J. Franklin (Buck) Ewing, S.J. dies anthropologist, missiologist.
1973The Society of Jesus allowed in Switzerland after a Referendum.
1974Jean Cardinal Danielou, SJ, dies in Paris, engaged in ministry.
2020Death of Adolfo Nicolas in Tokyo.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2027

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6740
Years since the confirmation of the Society 487
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  471
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 6
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 28 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May